The Member of Parliament for La Dadekotopon and the Deputy Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs Rita Odoley Sowah has presented food items worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to the Muslim Brothers and Sisters in her Constituency ahead of this year’s Ramadan.
Her donations aimed to promote peaceful coexistence and understanding among various faiths are annual affairs for the MP within her personal mandate to support recognized groups, organizations, and individuals in the area.
As such, she shared food items with various mosques within the Dadekotopon Constituency including the La Mother Mosque, Kojo Sardine Mosque, Cantonments Police Mosque, Burma Camp, and Flagstaff House quarters mosque among others
The MP used the occasion to admonish Muslims to pray for the county and president for the needed knowledge and wisdom to fulfill his promises to Ghanaians.
She again, thanked Muslims in the area for embracing peace all these years.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), communal prayer (salah), reflection, and community. It is also the month in which the Quran is believed to have been revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
The annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the five pillars of Islam and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next.
Fasting from dawn to sunset is obligatory (fard) for all adult Muslims who are not acutely or chronically ill, traveling, elderly, breastfeeding, pregnant, or menstruating. The predawn meal is referred to as suhur, and the nightly feast that breaks the fast is called iftar. Although rulings (fatawa) have been issued declaring that Muslims who live in regions with a midnight sun or polar night should follow the timetable of Mecca, it is common practice to follow the timetable of the closest country in which night can be distinguished from day.
The spiritual rewards (thawab) of fasting are believed to be multiplied during Ramadan. Accordingly, during the hours of fasting, Muslims refrain not only from food and drink but also from all behavior deemed to be sinful in Islam, devoting themselves instead to prayer and study of the Quran.
